Across
- 2. Those who have the power, authority and/or influence to uphold ideas, beliefs, and values in society and culture
- 7. A response in relation to a request, even if the person making the request has no power to enforce it
- 9. What is the word for the belief that you are capable of doing something?
- 12. Identity Theory This theory says that we categorize ourselves into groups, identify with certain groups and compare ourselves to others
- 13. The process of adopting and internalizing the schemas of your culture
- 15. What is one way we become enculturated?
- 16. Loss of a sense of individuality in a group
- 21. Adhering to the social norms of the group
- 22. The act of judging another culture and believing that the values and standards of one's own culture are superior
- 24. Transmission The passing on of culture from generation to generation
- 25. Common behaviors and values in a society or culture
- 26. Influence When one person can cause others to conform
- 27. When you conform because you don’t want to rock the boat
Down
- 1. Dimensions Assume we can judge some aspects of culture relative to another
- 2. Interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide
- 3. When you conform because you are a part of the same group
- 4. A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
- 5. A dynamic system of rules, explicit and implicit, that are shared by a group and transmitted across generations. Culture allows the group to meet basic needs of survival, pursue happiness and well being, and derive meaning from life.
- 6. When one has a strong global identity but fails to identify with their local culture
- 8. When you conform because you think others know something you don’t
- 10. The process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment
- 11. Stress The psychological impact of adaptation to a new culture. As with any type of stress, long term acculturative stress also may lead to reduced mental and physical health
- 14. Power Distance Values equality over hierarchy
- 17. Values the success of the group above the individual
- 18. Cognitive Theory States that behavior is learned through observing others and witnessing reinforcements
- 19. Hypothesis Predicts that relationships among diverse individuals can improve through interaction
- 20. Threat The risk of confirming negative stereotypes about one’s social group
- 23. Confusion Difficulty integrating oneself into a single “identity” as one tries to determine one’s values and place in society